Title
Jejunal Diverticulitis: A Rare Case of Severe Peritonitis.
Sanford School of Medicine Affiliation
Transplantation and Surgery
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Surgery
Publication Date
11-3-2010
Keywords
Computed tomography, Diverticulitis, Jejunum, Laparoscopy, 10.1159/000321091Small bowel
Abstract
A 25-year-old African American female with no prior medical/surgical history presented with abdominal pain and fever. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen and pelvis showed jejunal wall thickening with an air-fluid-filled mass in the adjacent mesentery. At laparotomy, a segmental jejunal resection with the abscess cavity followed by primary anastomosis was performed. Pathological evaluation of the specimen revealed a large mesenteric abscess contiguous with a perforated solitary jejunal diverticulum. We provide a discussion of jejunal diverticulitis as an unusual cause of peritonitis.
Journal Title
Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Volume
4
Issue
3
First Page
492
Last Page
497
PubMed ID
21113287
ISSN
1662-0631
Rights
Karger Open Access https://www.karger.com/Journal/AboutOA/232833
DOI
10.1159/000321091
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Sakpal, Sujit Vijay; Fried, Kenneth; and Chamberlain, Ronald Scott, "Jejunal Diverticulitis: A Rare Case of Severe Peritonitis." (2010). Department of Surgery. 20.
https://red.library.usd.edu/ds/20